C8 (2/2)
”Last year was an ordinary person? Impossible, right? ”
”…”
Returning back to the courtyard behind the smithy, before Tang Huan could even sit down, he impatiently took out the True Fire bottle from his bag.
Looking at the floating ball of flame in the bottle, he couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Although he did not spend the five hundred gold that he had earned from selling the swords, and the way he obtained the ”True Fire” was somewhat unexpected, he still managed to get his hands on this thing.
But after the excitement, Tang Huan frowned and fell into deep thought.
If not for that ”Fire Shadow Tatoo,” he still would not know that his own physique was actually profound energy which was considered gold.
Compared to the Martial Warriors s whose Five Elements were fire, the difficulty of successfully fusing the True Fire with this kind of physique would be multiplied by several times.
”This is going to be troublesome.”
Tang Huan sighed, ”It's fine if it isn't the fire element, but even the wood element and the earth element. But I never thought it would be the metal element.
In terms of success rate in fusing with the ”True Fire”, the water attribute Martial Warriors was the lowest.
Water could counter fire. In the process of fusion, the ”True Fire” was constantly being weakened. Where was the ”True Fire” that was being weakened? However, in terms of danger, it was the metal element that had the largest effect. When fusing with the ”True Fire”, the ”True Fire” could even melt the Martial Warriors's Spiritual Meridian.
A hundred metal attribute Martial Warriors s would not necessarily have one who had successfully fused with the ”True Fire”.
”Since we have already obtained the 'True Fire', how can we just give up like that?”
Tang Huan's face was unsettled, after a long while, he gritted his teeth and sat down.
He understood in his heart that this body originally did not have the aptitude to become a Weapon Refiner. The main reason why this body could produce such a frightening twelve meter tall flame within the ”Fire Shadow Tatoo” was because of the existence of this ”Nine Yang Divine Furnace”. Perhaps this cauldron could also reduce the difficulty of fusing with the ”True Fire”.
Whether I succeed or lose, it all depends on this one move. If I succeed, I will live; if I fail, I will perish!
Tang Huan squinted his eyes, his mind was calm like never before. If he wanted to achieve his two lives' wish, then this step would not shrink back.
”Bo!”
In the next moment, Tang Huan uncorked the bottle and covered the mouth of it with his right palm at lightning speed.
A blazing heat suddenly rushed up, and Tang Huan felt as if his palm was pressing on a red-hot iron. Immediately, an indescribable pain came from his palm.
Tang Huan grimaced, his face becoming somewhat sinister and distorted. An instant later, he faintly smelt a burnt stench from his palm.
”Endure it!” ”Endure it!”
On Tang Huan's forehead, beads of perspiration trickled down. However, he forced himself to remove his palm from the mouth of the bottle, and tried his best to circulate the ”Invigorating Meridian and Absorbing Spirit Art”. He was very clear that if he really let go of his hand, the ball of ”True Fire” inside would definitely rush out of the bottle and escape.
Very quickly, a trace of scorching Qi entered the Spiritual Meridian through his palm.
”Hiss!”
Tang Huan instantly felt as if a ball of fire was burning within her Spiritual Meridian. The burning sensation became more intense, and he couldn't help but take in a breath of cold air. His entire right arm spasmed violently, and the Spiritual Meridian that was being flooded by the heat seemed as if it was about to melt.
Damn, no wonder there were so few Weapon Refiner s, this kind of pain really wasn't something anyone could endure.
Moreover, his Five Elements was a type of gold, so the pain he had to endure in the process of becoming a Weapon Refiner was far more than what he could endure.
Tang Huan pursed his lips, showing no signs of giving up.
If he didn't succeed, then he would die!
As the youngest progressive master on Earth, if he couldn't forge a powerful weapon in this world after coming to Glory Continent, what kind of fun would there be?
”Buzz!”
But just as Tang Huan was preparing to use the Genuine Qi to guide the strand of blazing Qi, a familiar trembling sound suddenly resonated in his mind.
Immediately afterwards, that strand of heat flowed like iron filings attracted by the magnet, quickly spreading upwards along the Spiritual Meridian.
His speed increased, but the flow of heat did not decrease at all. Everywhere he went, his muscles trembled.
Tang Huan clenched his teeth tightly, he did not make a sound, but his eyes continued to widen and his entire body continued to spasm. More and more perspiration poured out from his pores, in the blink of an eye, he was drenched as if he was a chicken that had just been fished out of water.
In the blink of an eye, several hours had passed …
The scorching heat finally reached the Dantian, but it did not slow down at all. It still rose continuously from the bottle into his palm and followed the Spiritual Meridian to his lower abdomen.
Tang Huan did not let up at all. Both of his eyes bulged and he clenched his teeth as he endured. His handsome face had already swelled up to a purple red, and his tensed body was shaking like a sieve. Under the continuous burning of the strong heat, Tang Huan felt like his entire body was going to explode.
An extremely strong heat was emitted from Tang Huan's body.
His skin was becoming redder and redder. When he breathed, what came out of his nostrils seemed to be not air, but two flames. Even the thirty-six thousand pores on his body seemed to emit hot steam at all times.
Tang Huan felt as if his entire body was about to melt into juice.
Although the ”Nine Yang Divine Furnace” could greatly speed up the absorption of the ”True Fire”, it could not lessen the pain that Tang Huan had to endure while absorbing the ”True Fire”. Not only did the pain spread to his limbs and bones, his internal organs, and even deep into his soul.
Tang Huan felt as if his soul was enveloped by blazing flames. Under the assault of the heat, his soul trembled and even his consciousness became blurry.
But just when Tang Huan felt that he was about to collapse, he suddenly felt relaxed, and the last bit of heat flowed into the Dantian and into the cauldron.
Then, Tang Huan collapsed onto the ground on his back, like a thirsty fish jumping to the shore. He opened his mouth and gasped for air, not even able to move a finger.
”Did this kid succeed?”
On top of a big tree outside the academy wall, a fat old man gasped in a low voice. His tiny eyes revealed shock and joy that was hard to conceal, ”Not only did he succeed, but his speed is beyond imagination. It would take at least four hours for an ordinary person to fuse with a set of 'True Fire', but this kid doesn't seem to have been there for half an hour.”
”How long did Old Man Ou take to fuse the 'True Fire' back then? Two hours? Tsk tsk, this kid is way faster than his master. ”
Fat Old Man pinched her fleshy chin and laughed. She actually glided down the tree like a snake, her light and agile movements extremely inappropriate for her fat body.
In the courtyard, Tang Huan laid still for a long time, before slowly recovering and turning back to sit.
”I did it!”
Looking at the empty True Fire bottle in front of him, Tang Huan laughed foolishly. Although the ”Nine Yang Divine Furnace” was unable to alleviate his pain, it had greatly shortened the process of fusing with the ”True Fire”.
”I wonder what's going on with the 'True Fire' in my body right now?”
After a while, Tang Huan took a deep breath and cleared away all the distracting thoughts, focusing on his lower abdomen.
At the location of the Dantian, there seemed to be a ball of flame that was burning. Although it was still extremely hot, what was miraculous was that Tang Huan's abdomen felt warm, and it did not feel any pain like before.
Almost at the same time, the ”Nine Yang Divine Furnace” appeared in his mind. Soon after, he discovered that there was a ball of dark red flame inside the cauldron, but in the heart of the flame, the inner part of the cluster of flame that seemed to be condensed from essence, was showing a dazzling white color.
”So that's how it is.”
Tang Huan was startled, and then he woke up.
The moment the ”Nine Yang Divine Furnace” appeared, Tang Huan knew that although it could appear in his mind, it could not actually exist in his mind. However, for a moment, Tang Huan couldn't figure out where it was. But now, he understood that the ”Nine Yang Divine Furnace” was in the Dantian.
The Flame Heart was white, most likely because it had a metal attribute.
After a while, Tang Huan calmed his mind and started to try activating the Invigorating Meridian and Absorbing Spirit Art.
”Buzz!”
The cauldron trembled, the heat from it blended into the Genuine Qi, and quickly travelled through the Spiritual Meridian. Wherever the heat flowed, Tang Huan felt as though all his pores were expanded, it was extremely comfortable.
Genuine Qi swam a few rounds in the three Spiritual Meridian s and all the fatigue was swept away. Tang Huan's heart suddenly skipped a beat as she activated Genuine Qi and rushed towards the fourth Spiritual Meridian.
”It's cleared?”
After a while, Tang Huan was dumbfounded. The four Spiritual Meridian s had all fallen down, and were broken through so easily.
He had been on a whim, but who would have thought that after fusing with the ”True Fire”, the Genuine Qi would actually increase by so much?
Tang Huan was pleasantly surprised, just as he was about to continue channeling his spirit arts to broaden the first three Spiritual Meridian s, a loud 'bang' suddenly woke him up.